Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

Position Summary

The Nurse Practitioner - Psychiatric supports patients at Family Health Center, 26 Queen Street, and Worcester Health Care for the Homeless, 199 Chandler Street. They provide comprehensive, cost-effective health care including assessment, diagnosis, and treatment according to advanced nursing standards.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintains working knowledge of and adheres to the program manual, agency handbook, and policies and procedures.
• Commitment to cost-conscious, fiscally responsible, timely, efficient, effective, safe, patient-centered, culturally competent, equitable, and participatory health care.
• Attends all required trainings as per agency policy, program manual, and funder guidelines.
• Arrives on time for work and maintains regular and predictable attendance.
• Maintains appropriate boundaries and ethical standards with staff, clients, visitors, and outside providers as detailed in agency policy.
• Maintains positive and professional working relationships with co-workers, managers, clients, visitors, and outside providers.
• Strong and clear written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent computer skills (including but not limited to Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook).
• Embodies values as outlined in the strategic plan: compassion, knowledge is power, equity and inclusion, excellence, courage, and capacity to change.
• Acts as a role model to carry out the vision of: humanity and healing, responsive services, fostering opportunities for positive change, bringing forward innovation with a purpose, building and promoting productive partnerships, striving to be the Employer of Choice, and acting as good stewards in the communities we serve.
• Performs any other duties as assigned.

Program Specific Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provides psychiatric health services, education, counseling, and emotional support.
• Issues medication in accordance with treatment guidelines.
• Collaborates with consulting psychiatrists.
• Performs any other duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Education Requirements

• One of the following combinations of education and employment experience must be met:
• Graduate of an ANA accredited Nurse Practitioner program.
• Master’s Degree in Nursing required.
• Minimum of five years of relevant experience as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner required.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently with complex patient care.

Professional Licensure/Special Skills And Certification Requirements

• Current licensure by Massachusetts Board of Nursing as Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner.
• Current DEA/Mass Controlled Substance license for prescriptive authority.
• BLS required.

Reports To

The Director of Psychiatric Services

EEO Statement

This position is subject to the Government's nondiscrimination policies.